Kay Yow Cancer Fund Partners with The Big West

Tammy Blackburn is a long-time analyst for The Big West and her journey has inspired many. She is an avid partner with the Kay Yow Cancer Fund and believes strongly in the Fund's mission of raising money for life saving cancer research, funding programs that provide access to quality cancer healthcare for under-resourced women, and uniting people in the fight against all cancers affecting women.

The Kay Yow Cancer Fund is grateful to The Big West women's basketball teams for participating in Play4Kay for a second straight season! This is the Fund’s largest fundraising initiative and plays a major role in uniting players, coaches, and communities. Last year, we joined forces to raise an impressive $10,236 through the Tough Like Tammy initiative – more than doubling our initial goal. This year, our sights are set even higher with a target of $15,000 to fight cancer in our communities.

To help us reach our goals, we are inviting you to donate to the Tough Like Tammy campaign starting on Oct. 14th and running throughout the entire basketball regular season. You can select a specific Big West program to support and watch the leaderboard for your favorite team grow into wins for Play4Kay.

Tammy will also be a part of the effort, donating for every offensive rebound in Big West women's basketball games held between February 1 and March 8, which should amount to approximately $600 by the end of the campaign. Should you choose to support an individual program with a pledge per board, each team is expected to pull down around 100-150 offensive rebounds from February 1 - March 8. She hopes the Big West players will be "Tough Like Tammy" and make her pay! She invites you to match her donation or make a donation of any amount.

All proceeds of Tough Like Tammy will benefit the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.

Together, we can BE TOUGH LIKE TAMMY and reach the $15,000 goal!